ILLUSTRATIONS 



H. B. DE SAUSSURE IN 1796 

 Sketch, by Saint-Ours. 



THE GROUNDS AT GENTHOD 

 From a photograph. 



GENEVA IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY . 

 From an old print. 



M. AND MME. NICOLAS DE SAUSSURE 



From portraits. 



THE COURTYARD AT FRONTENEX . 



From a photograph. 



THE VILLA LULLIN AT GENTHOD . 

 From a photograph. 



DR. TRONCHIN .... 



From a portrait by Liotard. 



H. B. DE SAUSSURE AT 18 

 MME. H. B. DE SAUSSURE AS A GIRL 

 From miniatures. 



H. B. DE SAUSSURE ABOUT 1777 . 

 From a portrait by Jens Jitel. 



MONT BLANC : SHOWING DE SAUSSURE'S ROUTE 

 From a drawing by E. T. Gompton. 



THE ASCENT TO THE COL DU GEANT 

 From a contemporary print. 



MLLE. ALBERTINE DE SAUSSURE . 

 MME. TRONCHIN, MME. TURRETTINI 



From miniatures. 



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